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TripAdvisor Reviews Golden North Motel Fairbanks

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Nice sunny day to ride, a bit chilly in the morning, but it was nice and toasty (68 degrees in Fairbanks). Got to Fairbanks to get the bikes into Outpost Harley Davidson for an oil change, and new tires for Larry's bike.

Finally saw a BIG moose just standing about 15 feet off the side of the road at the edge of the woods! I thought it was …

... walked down the bike path to the village, and looked at the quaint little town. There were shops, eateries, historical houses (the most interesting one I found was prostitutes house that had been saved and moved there), an airplane museum, miniature golf, and an old river boat. We had a nice night exploring, and tomorrow we are waking up to hot showers, a hot breakfast I don't have to make, and going to visit a musk ox farm. - ...

Today we set off from Fairbanks at 8am on the Wilderness Express train in a glass domed carriage for the 4 hour journey to Denali. We enjoyed a great breakfast in the dining car of local Alaskan foods including Reindeer sausage and Birch tree syrup on the mandatory breakfast pancakes. The closer to Denali we got the more spectacular the scenery became with towering snow clad peaks of the Alaskan range. Along the way we spotted several Moose & ...

... the story of our trip. We also visited the Fur Factory - lots of furs to see. We were going to buy Izzie a pair of fur moccasins but $65 was a bit steep. We stopped at the Cookie Jar to get a early dinner before our red eye flight back to Raleigh.

We had a great trip to Alaska. We have a week in Raleigh and then we are off to Hawaii.

... rust colour today to add to all the green and golds of the aspen. The countryside had obviously suffered from a massive wildfire as there were heaps of dead pine trees. They do not regrow as our gums do, they have to start from scratch and because of the elevation, they are very slow growing.

The higher we got on the Top of the World Highway the more barren it became. That held its’ own magic. The hills had a light covering of snow which freaked Jenny out as she ...